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One-Click Video Streaming
Simplifies opening videos for streaming over HTTP (using VLC or MPlayer). Adds an icon next to media files, which can be clicked to start streaming the media in a supported media player (such as VLC or mplayer).
I have some video files on a home server, which I want to watch on my laptop in the living room with the least possible hassle. The files are accessible thru HTTP. They can be played using MPlayer (thru MPUI on Windows) and VLC, which can stream videos over HTTP.
But the step from finding the video using my browser to opening the video in one of these media players involves an annoying copy and paste operation.
The One-Click Video Streaming Greasemonkey script solves this. I can now start playing videos with a single click on the directory listing page in my browser.
The script adds a "one-click play" icon next to each video in the directory listings. Clicking that icon launches a media player, automatically opening the corresponding video stream.
Note that when you install the script, you need to specific the url patterns that should trigger this script. In my case, that's the root url for my media server.
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